SC State Basketball Player in Stable Condition After Collapse at Game

Raleigh, NC (WLTX) - A South Carolina State University basketball player is "stabilized and conscious" after collapsing on the sidelines of Saturday's game.

The frightening incident happened as the Bulldogs were in Raleigh for a noon contest against NC State University.

The player has been identified as Tyvoris Solomon, a redshirt senior from Johns Island, South Carolina.

The incident began several minutes into the game. It's unclear what happened in the moments leading up to his collapse, but TV cameras caught players and coaches rushing toward the player on the bench. A few seconds later, players were seen fanning him.

At one point, the trainers began performing CPR on Solomon, who was motionless at the time. Eventually, he was loaded onto a stretcher and taken away to a local hospital.

SC State Coach Murray Garvin, who went to the hospital with Solomon, told WLTX in a text message that Solomon was awake and in stable condition.

ESPN's Jeff Goodman reported that Garvin told him Solomon's heart stopped and he had to be resuscitated by SC State's athletic trainer.

South Carolina State coach Murray Garvin, at the hospital with Ty Solomon, texted ESPN: “Ty is awake and responding. He says to thank everyone for all the prayers.” Garvin also said that Solomon's heart stopped and he was resuscitated by South Carolina State's athletic trainer.

NC State players were locked arm and arm while the situation unfolded. NC State Head Coach Kevin Keats could be seeing putting his arm around Garvin to console him.

Both teams went to the locker room, and the game was delayed for about 20 minutes. The public address announcer told the audience before play resumed that Solomon was "stabilized and conscious."

Ty Solomon

Players and coaches with SC State voted to continue the game at 1 p.m., according to the official NC State men's basketball Twitter account.

The South Carolina State players and coaches voted to continue playing the game. Both teams were given a 10 minute warmup period. There are 2 minutes left in the warmups. The game will resume with NC State leading 22-5 and 13:08 left in the 1st half.